In each case, the stodgy old justices seem to have forgotten what it is like to be the little guy, or that their job is to be looking out for the little guy. To recognize that the last place where a average individual have a chance against the rich and powerful is supposed to be the courts.

Or, not.

In Burwell v. Hobby Lobby the court said that employers can opt out of providing contraception coverage under Obamacare if it goes against their religious convictions. The experts say that it could be the first time the court used the First Amendment's religious protections to cover a non-religious, for-profit corporation.

Essentially, the justices are saying that a woman who objects to the ruling can go and work somewhere else. Look at it the other way around. They just as easily could have said that Hobby Lobby chooses to operate in an environment where equal protection applies to everyone and if you want to do business here, for profit, the everyone must play by the same rules.

Now, there are exceptions. And who knows if there will be more.

Likewise the court ruled against working people when it said that in-home care workers in Illinois who are paid by the state are not the same as full-time government employees and therefore can't be compelled to pay union dues. These individuals get all the benefits earned by way of union negotiation, but they don't have to contribute.

It's a way of weakening unions. The fewer people who pay dues the less powerful the collective. The less powerful the union, the worse the negotiated benefits and salary.